FIX: The Schema Designer Does Not Support the Precision of DECIMAL and NUMERIC Data-Types that are More than 29 Places (260094)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
This article was previously published under Q260094

SYMPTOMS

The Schema Designer does not support the precision of more than 29 places for either DECIMAL or NUMERIC data-types.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

You can configure the Microsoft SQL Server to support precision of up to 38 places for both DECIMAL and NUMERIC data-types.

REFERENCES

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/12/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix KB260094
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